Sasuke froze as he stared at Sai’s eyes, which were identical to his Uchiha Sharingan eyes now: red with anger and black with hatred...One family secret could threaten and shake three lives forever. Bonds will be broken. SasuxSakuxSai

Sakura
glanced back and forth between the two intimate items, unsure of
which one to choose for the important occasion. On one hand, she
could go with the red-laced bra, and on the other hand she could go
with the black. In complete honesty, Sakura had no idea what to do,
that was why she had brought Ino along. While Sakura had kept herself
busy with training and hospital duties, Ino had gone on many dates.
While Sakura had saved herself for Uchiha Sasuke, Ino had moved on
with Nara Shikamaru.

Ino
sighed loudly, "Sakura, this isn't the Jounin exams, just pick
one already!"

Sakura
blushed a light crimson, "How do I know which one Sasuke-kun will
like more?"

The
blond rolled her eyes, "Honestly, he probably won't even notice
it before he rips it off."

"Ino,
come on-this is very important to me." Sakura folded her arms in
front of her nervously, "I just want things to be perfect."

Her
best friend gave another sigh, "Fine. You'd look killer in either
one, so what's the problem?"

Sakura's
face flushed darker, "Well, Sasuke always sees me in red, as it is
the Haruno clan's chosen color, so what if he doesn't pay
attention to the whole meaning of me wearing it for him?"

Sakura's
cheeks inflated, "Oh forget it! Why did I ask you to come with me
anyways?" Sakura then grabbed the two garments and moved to exit
the dressing rooms. "This was just a stupid idea."

"Sakura,
wait!" Ino paused between giggles, "I'm sorry. Go with the
black bra, it will help bring out your hair."

Sakura
raised her eyebrow, "Really?"

Ino
grinned, "Trust me."

Once
they had made the purchase (complete with matching underwear), Sakura
was starting to feel a little more confident about the whole plan,
and situation she was putting herself into. She was going to go train
with Sasuke, and once they were finished she was going to offer to
him a home cooked meal. Once he accepted from there, and after
dinner, she was going to, for lack there of a better word, seduce
him.

Sakura
couldn't help but grin. Since her childhood years she had been in
love with Sasuke. And years after knowing and chasing him, she felt
she had finally made progress in their relationship; enough progress
to take it to the next level even. And today was the perfect day for
their relationship to move on to the next level. It was their
anniversary, and a beautiful spring day. The sun was shinning and the
air was neither hot, nor cold.

Once
she parted from Ino, Sakura hurried home to her apartment and
changed, to get ready for her training with Sasuke; making sure to
wear the matching intimates she purchased a few hours before,
underneath her battle gear.

After
looking herself over once more in the mirror. She then hurried out of
her apartment, not wanting to be late. Of course, when she reached
the bridge from their genin days, Sasuke was already there, arms
crossed as he leaned over the railing.

"Sorry
to make you wait Sasuke-kun," Sakura smiled sweetly at him.

"Hn."
He responded, pushing himself off the railing of the bridge.

It
was then that Sakura noticed that he was in his Jounin uniform,
complete with the Uchiha clan symbol on his green vest. "Eh?
Sasuke-kun, how come you are in uniform?"

Sasuke
averted his eyes, "I have to take over teaching Neji's team
today-he got called away on an Anbu mission."

Sakura's
smile threatened to fall, "Oh. Well, that's okay." She cringed
a little bit on the inside, while Inner Sakura pledged to beat Neji
into a pulp when he got back. "We'll just train later."

"There
is no need for you to wait for me, I already asked Naruto to help
you."

"You…What?"

"He
was busy with his own team though."

Sakura
nearly sighed in relief. As much as she loved Naruto like a brother,
she had really wanted to train mostly as an opportunity to hang
around Sasuke without the other members of team seven.

"So
then Sai suggested that he take my place."

This
time, Sakura's mouth did drop: "He did what?"

"I
volunteered Ugly," interrupted Sai as he made his way to join his
teammates on the bridge. "I explained to the Uchiha here that I
thought you were a little rusty anyways-what with all the time you
spend in the hospital." His lips turned upwards into a smile.

"Rusty?
Oh he was most definitely going to pay in bruises for that comment,"
Sakura mentally noted.

"Okay
then, I'll see you two later then." Said Sasuke as he began to
take his exit.

Sai
just continued to smile, "Come on Ugly, you need all the time you
can get in."

She
followed him to the Southeast forest, and from there, the battle
began. She hadn't even allowed him to say one word once they
reached the normal clearing that their team trained in.

"You're
being too rash," he told her as he avoided her attack, causing her
to slam her fist into the earth.

"Of
course I am being rash!" She hollered at him, "You ruined my date
with Sasuke-kun!" She kicked her leg in his direction in an attempt
to hit him in the gut.

In
a matter of seconds he had pulled out his paintbrush and scrolls, and
before Sakura knew what was happening, she was bound by his ink
jutsu.

"Sai!"
Sakura screamed at him. "When I get out of this I am going to kill
you!"

He
smirked at her challenge, "Interesting…How about we make a little
bet on that?"

Although
Sakura was Tsunade's apprentice, one thing she had never learned
from her was how to gamble. Which probably was just as well,
considering she was known for being a loser when it came to such
games. Sakura considered her options and perks carefully. And then
after reaching the conclusion that she could probably knock Sai out
with one punch of her awesome strength, she nearly accepted the
proposal.

"What
are stakes?" Sakura asked, knowing that before she accept anything,
the prize must be worth it.

Sai
tilted his head in thought, "Hm…If you win, I'll quit calling
you ugly."

"And
any other words or names that are related to the word." She
interrupted.

Sai
rolled his eyes, "Fine." He then gave a fake smile, "And if I
win, you have to be my slave for a month."

Sakura
raised her eyebrows in disbelief, "A slave? You couldn't be any
more creative?"

Sai
shrugged in response, "A slave has many purposes."

This
time Sakura rolled her eyes, "Whatever." She then broke out of
his ink jutsu and entered her fighting stance. "Let's just get
this over with."

Two
hours and fifteen minutes later, Haruno Sakura concluded that she was
in fact, Tsunade's true apprentice, and where she had inherited her
monstrous strength and medic skills; she had also inherited her bad
luck at gambling.

When
had she come to this deduction?

Right
about the time when Sai had surprised attacked her, jumping from a
tree branch, before descending upon and tackling her to the ground,
he had sliced kunai across her chest.

She
laid pinned beneath him, her chest heaving up and down, as she tried
to catch her breath. As a medic, she had already begun to take note
of all her wounds. A possible broken rib, a fractured wrist, and
small stab wounds to both the left shoulder blade and her leg.

Once
she had completed the task in her head, she realized that Sai still
straddled her hips. Glancing up at him she noticed his dark abyss
eyes were staring down at her, lacking all emotions and amusement.

She
was expecting him to be smiling and announcing his victory. But there
he sat, staring hard at her.

"What
is it?"

His
eyes still didn't meet hers, and it was at the moment when she
realized that he wasn't staring at her, but at something else. She
followed his gaze and gasped as she realized that his kunai had torn
and ripped through her shirt and brand new bra, leaving a good amount
of her breast to be visibly exposed.

She
shrieked in horror and while her left arm flew across her chest in an
attempt to keep him from seeing anything more, her right fist
connected with his face, and throwing him off of her. She sat up and
screamed again, "Y-You pervert!"

Sai
rubbed his bruising cheek, "It was an accident."

"Like
hell!"

"Honestly,
I didn't know I had-"

Sakura
began to cry, "I had just bought this for Sasuke-kun…"

Sai
froze and his eyebrow arched, "Why would he need a bra?"

Sakura
then blushed, realizing she had confessed her intentions and desires
regarding Sasuke, to her male teammate.

It
was probably from both her silence and her colored cheeks that
finally forced Sai to catch on to the meaning of her words.

"Oh,"
he replied softly when the realization had hit him.

The
air around them had suddenly changed, and Sakura found herself no
longer comfortable with the direction in which the conversation was
going. And she sure as hell was not comfortable with the physical
situation.

"I
can't walk through the village like this…"

Sai's
face flushed lightly and he began to unzip his shirt.

Sakura's
immediate reaction was to punch him in the face again; "You
pervert!"

Sai
jumped up, his hand on his other now bruising cheek, "I was trying
to give you my shirt!"

"Oh."
Sakura then focused her attention to the ground. Sai then fully
unzipped his shirt and handed it to Sakura. She took it in one hand,
while the other continued to cover her skin, "Thank you."

Sai
had his head turned, "You're welcome Ugly."

Sakura
snapped her head up, about to yell at him when she noticed that he
was naked from his neck, down to his waist. Her faced flushed up like
crazy, as her eyes lingered over his abs and chest. Inwardly she was
cursing herself. As a medic, she had seen countless of topless men.
Including all the team members of team seven. So why a little bare
flesh was making her blush right now, she didn't know.

"What
are you two doing?" Sasuke's voice rang in Sakura's ears, the question had sounded more like an accusation.

She
glanced in the direction of the voice, and saw him standing a few
feet away. She blinked a few times, "Sasuke-kun! What are you doing
here?"

Sasuke
walked up to them, his hands in his pockets, "I got done teaching
early, so I decided to come and see how you were doing." He threw a
questioning glance at Sai, "Did I interrupt something?"

Sai
closed his eyes, smiled smugly, and shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe."
This time Sasuke glared at Sai, as if in a warning. "But really you
just missed Ugly here loosing a bet to me."

Sasuke's
eyes traveled over to Sakura's body, noticing her arm across her
chest, in an attempt to hold her shredded shirt up, while her other
hand held Sai's shirt.

"Sai
sliced through my clothes while we were sparing." Sakura tried to
explain, while avoiding Sasuke's eyes.

"Interesting."
Sasuke's attention was then turned back at Sai, who remained
impassive. Sasuke then unzipped his Jounin jacket, and shrugged it
off his arms. He handed it to Sakura, who stared at him with a
puzzled expression. "Wear that," he commanded while taking Sai's
shirt from her grasp. He then tossed it to his look-a-like. "Wouldn't
want you to get mauled by the fan girls."

Sai
caught the dark shirt expertly, and threw it over his shoulders. He
narrowed his eyes, "I really didn't want Ugly here to wear it
anyways." Sai started to walk away from them when he stopped
suddenly, "Oh and Ugly?"

Sakura
gave a questioning look, "Yes?"

"Black
looks good," He gave his general fake smile, "But green would
look better." With that he retreated back towards the village.

At
first Sakura thought he was merely commenting on his shirt vs.
Sasuke's vest. But realizing that she hadn't put on either of the
shirts yet, she became conscious of the fact that he was talking
about her newly destroyed bra.

She
blushed for the billionth time that day, "I'm going to kick your
emotionless ass Sai!" She hollered while shaking her fist to his
retreating back.

Sasuke
coughed, his cheeks stained pink, "Uh…Sakura?"

Sakura
turned to Sasuke, "Yes, Sasuke-kun?"

He
coughed again, averted his eyes and pointed to her chest. "Ahem."

Sakura
found herself shrieking and blushing once more as she hurriedly tried
to put on the Jounin vest as fast as she could. When Sakura was
finally fully covered again Sasuke recommended that she heal her
wounds, even though they weren't entirely serious. After she had
finished healing herself, she offered to make Sasuke dinner, as a
'thank you' for lending her his vest.

"You
don't have to." He replied while they walked home.

Sakura
nodded, "I know, but I want to."

Sasuke
closed his eyes, "Do what you want then."

Inner
Sakura cheered, finally, things were back on track! When they reached
the Uchiha estate, Sasuke showed Sakura to the kitchen, and where
everything that she needed was.

Dinner
was pretty much silent. After Sasuke had taken a few bites from the
meal she had prepared, she had asked if the recipe was to his liking,
he replied with the usual: "Hn."

That
had been pretty much the entire conversation. After they had both
finished the meal, Sakura moved to collect the plates.

"There
is no need to do the dishes."

Sakura
waved it off, "It's no big deal."

"Really,
there is no need." He then stood from the table and took the plates
from her. Placing them in the sink, he walked to her side; "I
should walk you home."

"This
is it." Thought Sakura as she breathed in and exhaled. "It's
now or never." Sakura reached out and grabbed hold of Sasuke's
shirt. "Sasuke-kun…Spending time with you today…" She looked
up at him and into his eyes, "It was very important to me."
Sakura then placed both her hands against his chest.

He
remained silent.

Without
warning Sakura stood on her tiptoes and placed her lips against his,
and for once in his life, Uchiha Sasuke responded with something more
than a "Hn."

His
hand came up to cup the side of her face, as he pushed his lips
against hers forcefully. When they pulled apart, they stared at each
other before crashing their lips together once more. As Sasuke's
arms wrapped around her waist, she threw hers around his neck, each
trying to pull the other closer.

The
kiss deepened when Sasuke's tongue licked across her bottom lip,
pleading for entrance into her mouth. Inner Sakura gave a squee in
happiness, and Sakura opened her mouth to comply with his wishes.

And
Uchiha Sasuke kissed like perfectionist he was-pouring everything he
had into the one action. He pulled one arm away from her waist, and
his hand trailed up the space between them until it held the zipper
of his vest. He pulled away, looking into her eyes, silently asking
if it was okay.

And
Sakura smiled in response at him.

He
tugged the zipper roughly, in one swift motion, and before Sakura
knew it the Jounin vest was open, leaving her exposed-thanks to Sai
and his kunai…

Sasuke
then began to kiss her neck, giving Sakura the goosebumps, and at the
same time, making her hot. She fisted her fingers in his hair and
tugged on the strands while her backed her against the wall,
continuing to ravish her neck.

"Oh
Sasuke-kun…" Sakura moaned, this only seemed to entice Sasuke
further, as his next action was to nibble and suck on the tender
flesh of her neck. "I'm glad this is happening on our
anniversary." She mumbled softly.

This
caused Sasuke to stop his attacks against her sensitive spot. "Our
anniversary of what?" He asked, a look of confusion washing over
his face.

Sakura
smiled, "Of the first day we met."

Sasuke
stared at her for a minute, "We met in fall, when the academy
started."

"B-But,"
Sakura stammered, "You protected me from their bullying. And when I
went to thank you, that old man came up and scolded you for wandering
off."

"Sakura,
I spent all of spring and summer practicing my shuriken and kunai
throwing on the Uchiha compound. I remember because I was trying to
catch up to my brother." He was staring at her seriously now.

Sakura
was known for her brilliant mind, perfect chakra control, and for her
skills as a medic. So it made no sense to her why she got there first
meeting wrong. But Sasuke seemed so damn sure too…

"T-Then…"

"It
wasn't me."

Without
thinking Sakura pushed Sasuke from her: "How dare you accuse me of
falling in love with someone else!" She shoved passed him and
headed for the door.

"Accuse?"
Sasuke was taken aback. "Sakura-wait!" He called after her, "I
didn't accuse you!"

She
slammed the door in his face.

Sasuke
ran a hand through his jet black hair, "Annoying." He muttered to
himself.

Author:
Thanks for reading. After developing this plot, I was really having a
hard time deciding who Sakura would be with in the end...But I've
made my conclusion so its all good. Thanks for reading, hope you
liked it.

Disclaimer:
I do not own Naruto, nor do I claim to own any characters therefore
owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

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